A Greater Toronto Area resident just won the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship in the over 60 category — and she's the first Canadian to do it.

Vicki Richardson has known she loved puzzles since a young age, when she sat on her father's knee and helped him decipher which pieces went where. What she didn't know is that decades later, she'd be flying to Spain to compete in a puzzle championship.

"I am so proud to be the Canadian that was up on the podium," she told CBC Radio's Thursday. "It's so exciting, almost surreal, just a fantastic experience."

Vicki Richardson has known she loved puzzles since a young age, when she sat on her father's knee and helped him decipher which pieces went where. (Submitted by Vicki Richardson)

Richardson stopped doing puzzles in her late teens, when she

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